News Roundup: Mumford & Sons, John Fogerty, The Lumineers, The Beatles
Like our Mumford & Sons cover story? Here’s some other shots that came from that photo session. More Also check out the story here. Terrible Things premiered their song “Last Look” from the album Pre-Transmission, which will drop on December 11. More The lead singer of My Morning Jacket, Jim James, announced his solo debut [...]
Wanda Jackson And Justin Townes Earle Co-Star In New Video
Wanda Jackson filmed the video for “Am I Even A Memory” at Santa’s Pub in Nashville, the same dive bar/karaoke joint where we shot our Holiday Gear Guide with Amanda Shires and The Ettes’ Coco Hames. The 75-year old rockabilly queen, who we profiled here, recorded the Greg Garing-penned country song on her new album Unfinished [...]
Rockabilly Pioneers Wanda Jackson and Janis Martin Have Some “Unfinished Business”
(Janis Martin) Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis. These names come quickly to mind when thinking of the original rockabilly greats. Besides these pioneering kings, however, there were several women who were rocking it with the boys back in the day. Coincidentally, this autumn sees new releases from the two preeminent rockabilly queens: Wanda [...]
Eminem, Arcade Fire, Buffalo Springfield To Headline Bonnaroo
After much speculation, the lineup for the 10th annual Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival has been revealed! After a successful run at last year’s Bridge School Benefit, Buffalo Springfield (Neil Young, Stephen Stills, and Richie Furay) will reunite to headline Bonnaroo, bringing a Sixties feel to the hippie-friendly festival. Other top acts include Eminem, Lil [...]
Walking into Third Man Records’ performance space to catch Wanda Jackson and her Jack White-led band was like stepping into a music video. Each band member, including back up vocalists the Cupcakes (Ashley Monroe and Ruby from Sam and Ruby), came dressed to kill in color-coordinated, vintage-looking outfits, and the venue itself was impeccably stylized. [...]
Video: Wanda Jackson Covers Bob Dylan’s “Thunder On The Mountain”
Wanda Jackson premiered the music video for her cover of Bob Dylan’s “Thunder on the Mountain” today. The track appears on Jackson’s upcoming album The Party Ain’t Over, produced by Jack White. “Jack wanted me to do a Bob song,” the rockabilly/country legend told Spinner. “They’re longstanding friends and Bob suggested ‘Thunder on the Mountain.’” [...]
Jack White has turned the tables on eBay resellers of limited-edition records. On Tuesday, White’s Third Man Records put up its own auctions for five copies of the split-colored reissue of the White Stripes’ first album. Not only was it a compelling experiment on the economy of scarcity, but it served as a challenge to [...]
For the b-side to Wanda Jackson’s new single, “Thunder On The Mountain,” Jackson and producer Jack White chose the gospel-influenced chestnut “Dust On The Bible.” The song was made most famous by Kitty Wells, but was also recorded by the likes of Hank Williams Sr. and Roy Acuff. Interestingly, Williams and Acuff both played pivotal [...]